Trebuin
Senior Member
Hello, I recently had my repeater die on me & am now looking at the orbi if it can do what I need. 1st, I want to keep my ASUS RT-AC3200 as the master router off my cable modem because I use the USB 3.0 port on it for a external hard drive server. It's one of the fastest using a router. I won't consider using a NAS due to my bad luck of 100% corruption over 3 different NAS's. I can't use my desktop as it runs about $90 a month at 150w.
What I'd like to do is attach an orbi to a dedicated band on the master router. Essentially, it would be like replacing the Orbi Master with the ASUS. The reason why I'm doing this is to preserve the USB 3.0 Speed. If I used a repeater, the speed would be cut due to the shared use of the wifi band.
What I would like:
Modem - LAN - AC3200 ))) WIFI ))) Orbi repeater (or master)
(3 devices)
vs the alternate:
Modem - LAN - AC3200 - LAN - Orbi Master ))) Orbi repeater
(4 devices)
How my network was structured:
Modem - LAN - AC3200 ))) ASUS RT-AC66U - LAN - Apple Airport
(4 devices)
The AC66U just failed & the Airport failed about three months ago. Is the first config possible?
What I'd like to do is attach an orbi to a dedicated band on the master router. Essentially, it would be like replacing the Orbi Master with the ASUS. The reason why I'm doing this is to preserve the USB 3.0 Speed. If I used a repeater, the speed would be cut due to the shared use of the wifi band.
What I would like:
Modem - LAN - AC3200 ))) WIFI ))) Orbi repeater (or master)
(3 devices)
vs the alternate:
Modem - LAN - AC3200 - LAN - Orbi Master ))) Orbi repeater
(4 devices)
How my network was structured:
Modem - LAN - AC3200 ))) ASUS RT-AC66U - LAN - Apple Airport
(4 devices)
The AC66U just failed & the Airport failed about three months ago. Is the first config possible?